Maryam Zeinal Famileh; Hassan Fahim Devin; Mohammad Reza Esmaeilzadeh Ghandehari; Hossein Peymanizad
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the pathology of Iranian table tennis injuries using the Q methodology and provide exit strategies.Methodology: The present study is based on the purpose of applied research; In terms of the nature of exploratory research; In terms of data collection, ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the pathology of Iranian table tennis injuries using the Q methodology and provide exit strategies.Methodology: The present study is based on the purpose of applied research; In terms of the nature of exploratory research; In terms of data collection, it is a descriptive-survey research, and due to its application, Q methodology is a mixed (quantitative-qualitative) research. Q methodology is a method that includes the simultaneous use of quantitative and qualitative methods; therefore, the results of reviewing and analyzing the information obtained in this study include extracting the main factors mentioned in previous studies and the alignment of these studies in addition to conducting a Q interview to extract the views and opinions of experts. In the present study, 21 active coaches in the Premier League, veterans and elites in table tennis were selected as participants in the study. This selection was made with the help of a combination of purposeful and unlikely sampling and snowball sampling. The data analysis method was exploratory factor analysis and Varimax rotation.Results: The findings showed that the mental patterns of experts including sports justice, concerned about the future of education, 2 (c) important in the whole history (money and patronage), the suffering of the treasure is not possible, slowly but steadily forward, updating only for Not software, economic pressure from all directions, planning strategists, 3 (d) basic = expertise, commitment, continuity.Conclusion: On this, it can be concluded that the necessary measures should be taken to develop the sport of table tennis by promoting education and proper planning, and to provide the ground for the development of this sport.
Sheyda Amini; Mahdi Bashiri; Mehdi Azadan
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Objective: This research aims to conduct content analysis of court cases related to sports incidents in East Azarbaijan province during the years 2019 to 2021.Methodology: This study serves an applied purpose, utilizing quantitative content analysis as the research method and employing a descriptive ...
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Objective: This research aims to conduct content analysis of court cases related to sports incidents in East Azarbaijan province during the years 2019 to 2021.Methodology: This study serves an applied purpose, utilizing quantitative content analysis as the research method and employing a descriptive strategy. The statistical population comprises 18 cases of sports incidents registered with provincial judicial authorities, which were subjected to analysis using the researcher's coding checklist. The reliability and validity of the research tool were assessed, and data analysis was conducted using SPSS26 software.Results: The findings indicate that team sports, particularly football, accounted for the highest number of injuries among various disciplines, with men experiencing more accidents and incidents compared to women. Among the culprits and causes of accidents, included venue officials and after that, the injured athlete represented the highest percentage. Additionally, the results highlight a low utilization of sports insurance within society.Conclusion: Conclusion: To mitigate sports incidents and accidents, there is a pressing need to emphasize safety within sports environments, provide safety education, and address sports rights issues among all stakeholders, including implementers, athletes, and their families. Also, more attention is paid to sports insurance issues in order to compensate for damages caused by accidents.
Ozra Eftekhari; Masoomeh Hosseini; Abolfazl Farahani
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Objective: The aim of the research was to design a paradigmatic pattern for the development of street football in Iran with the help of ground theory.Methodology: The research is a qualitative type with an applied-developmental purpose. Participants included 21 academic experts in sports management, ...
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Objective: The aim of the research was to design a paradigmatic pattern for the development of street football in Iran with the help of ground theory.Methodology: The research is a qualitative type with an applied-developmental purpose. Participants included 21 academic experts in sports management, national football administrative & executive managers, and 34 related scientific articles, selected through theoretical sampling for interviews. Data analysis was conducted using open, axial & selective coding of documents and interviews through three rounds of interviews until theoretical saturation and consensus were achieved. The coefficient of agreement between coders was calculated at 0.90.Results: Qualitative results were presented in the form of 44 Categories, 179 Conceptual codes & 226 Items within 6 Structures of the paradigmatic pattern: Causal conditions (6 categories, 32 concepts, 39 items), Central phenomenon (7 categories, 18 concepts, 22 items), Strategies (10 categories, 37 concepts, 77 items), Contextual conditions (7 categories, 31 concepts, 39 items), Intervening conditions (6 categories, 24 concepts, 30 items), & Consequences (8 categories, 35 concepts, 59 items) across 4 axes (drivers, barriers, incentives, and requirements).Conclusion: Achieving the desired development of street football and reaching impactful national and transnational consequences necessitates the implementation of reforms and managerial strategies, as well as the growth and development of regulations.
Sport Management and Development
Rasoul Azadi; Fariba Askarian; Fatemeh Abdavi; Hamid Ghasemi
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Objective: The current research has been carried out with the aim of designing a model of the impact of social media in the development of sports businesses.Methodology: The mixed and thematic analysis method was used in the qualitative part and the structural equation analysis method was used in the ...
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Objective: The current research has been carried out with the aim of designing a model of the impact of social media in the development of sports businesses.Methodology: The mixed and thematic analysis method was used in the qualitative part and the structural equation analysis method was used in the quantitative part. The statistical community in the qualitative part included university professors and sports business owners, who were selected after reaching the theoretical saturation limit of 17 people, and also in the quantitative part, 417 people were selected from the professors, graduates, and postgraduate students of sports management and marketing in the country. The research tool in the qualitative part included a semi-structured interview, and in the quantitative part, it included a researcher-made questionnaire with 36 questions taken from the qualitative part, whose formal and structural validity was confirmed, and its reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha test of 91%. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and Amos version 24 software.Results: In the qualitative phase, 116 open codes were extracted and categorized into eight main variables, including the nature of social media, structural factor, online marketing, managerial factor, cultural and social factor, human resources, legal factor, and financial resources. In the quantitative phase, the findings indicated that except for the legal factor and financial resources, the remaining variables had a significant impact on the development of sports businesses. The prioritization of these influential variables is as follows: the nature of social media, structural factor, online marketing, managerial factor, cultural and social factor, and human resources.Conclusion: According to the findings of the current research, sports business owners are advised to use the necessary planning and investment for the success of their business based on the specified priorities.
Rasoul Tarighi; seyyed Mohammad Hossein Razavi
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Objective: The purpose of this research was designing the model of sustainable supply chain risk management for Irans football club ownership industry.Methodology: The research method is correlation and is practical in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the current research are faculty member ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was designing the model of sustainable supply chain risk management for Irans football club ownership industry.Methodology: The research method is correlation and is practical in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the current research are faculty member (60), football clubs managers (22) and knowledgeable and experts in the concept of sustainability supply chain (18). The sampling method is non-random and targeted accessible. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire include 9 factors and 87item which was adjusted using codes from qualitative interviews and library studies and corresponding to the 5-point Likert scale. Its validity was confirmed by ten sport management professors. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha test. In this research, descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used to analyze the informations .Also the, Partial Least Squares (PLS) has been used to check the research hypotheses.Results: Based on the findings of this study, the risks facing the sustainable supply chain of the Iranian football clubs industry, which can create significant risks in the process of producing the clubs' final product, which is the sporting event, include factors such as: economic, social, political, market, policies and laws, infrastructure and technology risk factors and the internal manager, environment and operations supply processes.Conclusion: According to the results of this research, it is suggested to the managers of football clubs in the country to pay due attention to the factors identified in this research. Awareness of the identified risks can prevent the possible occurrence of risks that cause tension and instability in the football clubs.
Sport Management and Development
Safura Niknahad; Gholamreza Shabani bahar; Habib Honari; Javad Shahlaee
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of freedom of expression on the effectiveness of strategic management in the Ministry of Sports and Youth.Methodology: The research method is a quantitative-descriptive one that was conducted in the field. The statistical population ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of freedom of expression on the effectiveness of strategic management in the Ministry of Sports and Youth.Methodology: The research method is a quantitative-descriptive one that was conducted in the field. The statistical population included all the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth (N=800). According to Morgan's table, the sample size was determined to be 260 people and the sampling was done using a stratified method. The measurement tools included Niknejad's Strategic Management Effectiveness Questionnaire (2015), Amrolahi's Freedom of Speech Questionnaire (2017), which were used after confirming the validity and reliability. Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data with the help of SPSS and PLS version 3 statistical software.Results: The results showed that in the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the variable of strategic management effectiveness is significantly in an unfavorable state and the average of freedom of expression is significantly lower than the average. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between freedom of expression and strategic management effectiveness (Sig=0.01). Finally, the results of the structural equation model of the research showed that the effect of freedom of expression on strategic management effectiveness is direct and significant.Conclusion: To achieve an effective organization, it is essential to pay attention to human resources-related factors such as freedom of speech in the organization. Therefore, increasing the level of freedom of speech of employees can promote creativity and innovation of employees and increase the likelihood of achieving organizational goals.
Ali Satar Jabar Aluase; Shirin Zardoshtian; Hossein Eydi; Homayoun Abbasi; Ako Ebrahim Faqhi Mahmoud
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to provide a framework for analyzing the capacity of digital transformation in Iraqi football federation.Methodology: The research method was a combination of qualitative (thematic analysis approach) and quantitative (descriptive-analytical approach). In the ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to provide a framework for analyzing the capacity of digital transformation in Iraqi football federation.Methodology: The research method was a combination of qualitative (thematic analysis approach) and quantitative (descriptive-analytical approach). In the qualitative part, opinions were sought from scientific (professors and specialists) and executive (managers and executive experts) experts (15 people = judgmental sampling). In the quantitative part, based on a sufficient number for strategic analysis (20 to 60 people), managers and experts of the Iraqi Football Federation were sampled in a targeted way (31 people). The research tool in the qualitative part included a semi-guided interview along with a structured library study. In the quantitative section, a questionnaire extracted from the qualitative section (43 questions on a 10-choice evaluation scale) was used. The validity of the tools and findings was confirmed in the qualitative part through the agreement between the coders and in the quantitative part through the content validity of the questionnaire (6 experts) and the Delphi panel.Results: The findings showed that the analysis framework of digital transformation capacity of sports federations includes 43 indicators, 13 dimensions and 4 general perspectives. Quantitative findings also showed that the biggest gap in digital transformation capacity is related to digital services and support (4.97) and the lowest gap is related to digital work environment (3.23).Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that digital transformation in Iraqi sports federations is a multidimensional structural, human, infrastructural and functional category and requires continuous recognition and evaluation based on valid indicators.
Aziz Shariat Nasery; Leila Saffari; Nima Majedi
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Objective: The aim of this research was to design a model for constructing environmentally sustainable (green) sports stadiums.Methodology: This study is applied in nature and employs a mixed-method approach (qualitative and quantitative). Data were collected through interviews using a field-based strategy. ...
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Objective: The aim of this research was to design a model for constructing environmentally sustainable (green) sports stadiums.Methodology: This study is applied in nature and employs a mixed-method approach (qualitative and quantitative). Data were collected through interviews using a field-based strategy. The qualitative sample consisted of 40 individuals, including sports stadium managers and officials from the Ministry of Sports and Youth. The quantitative sample included all managers and employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, as well as managers and experts from the Sports Venues Development and Maintenance Company.Results: Based on the results, in the environmental sustainability factor: indicators of attention to the lack of destruction of ecosystems in the region, correct location of sports venues and spaces, and minimal air, land, and soil pollution in the design and construction of venues; in the location factor, respectively, indicators of attention to soil characteristics, attention to ground conditions in terms of appropriate slope, attention to the functional radius of the desired location; and in the aesthetic factor, respectively, indicators of harmony, form, space, environment, light, and color were identified as the most important indicators studied.Conclusion: Considering the critical role of site selection in the development of green sports facilities, it is recommended that both natural and artificial environmental factors—such as climate conditions, accessibility, weather patterns, and soil topography—be carefully evaluated in the planning and design of facilities like swimming pools. Additionally, given the significance of economic considerations in the modern era, planners and managers are encouraged to prioritize economic efficiency and sustainability. This dual focus not only addresses athletic needs but also ensures the long-term viability and optimal use of sports facilities.
